“The minute you take away somebody the public's voting for, you're screwing with the program. There's no logic to it.”

On accusations that American Idol is rigged.
Keveney, Bill (June 18, 2002), "Viewers 'Idol'-ize this saucy search for a superstar". USA Today :Life,01d

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